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Pilots

Pediatric Research Alliance Center Pilots are designed to spark new research, foster collaboration, and increase external funding in pediatric research. CCTR is proud to support these efforts in advancing children’s health.

To date, CCTR has awarded 10 Pediatric Research Alliance Pilot Grants. Explore the projects we've funded below.

CCTR Pilot Awards

2024

"Butyrate in Preterm Human Milk and Neonatal Intestinal Inflammation" (2024)

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2023

"A High-Throughput, 96-well, 3-Dimensional Microphysiologic “Lung-in-a-Dish” Model System to Study Molecular Pathobiological Mechanisms of Neutrophil and Epithelial Cell Dysfunction in Pediatric Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Using Transcriptomics​" (2023)

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2021

"Prospective Evaluation of HbA1c and Impact on Toxicities and Outcomes During Induction Therapy for Pediatric Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia/Lymphoma" (2021)

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"Blood Donor Characteristics and Recipient Outcomes in Transfused Very Low Birth Weight Infants" (2021, joint pilot with HeRO)

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2019

"Emory Multi-Omics Juvenile Arthritis Immunology (EMOJI) Study: Bringing Deep Phenotyping to a Vexing Pediatric Problem" (2019)

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"Blood and Cerebrospinal Fluid Biomarkers in the Correlations of Clinical Outcomes in Pediatric NMDARE" (2019)

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"Blood Donor Characteristics and Recipient Outcomes in Transfused Very Low Birth Weight Infants" (2019)

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2017

"Improved Brain Monitoring after Pediatric Cardiac Arrest" (2017, joint pilot with HeRO)

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"UTOPIA- Urinary Biomarkers to Produce Improved Outcomes after Renal Transplant" (2017, joint Pilot with CTID)

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2015

"The Effect of Type 1 Diabetes on the Immune Plasticity Driven by Bone Marrow-Derived Mesenchymal Stromal Cells" (2015)

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Meet the Team


Claudia Morris, MD, FAAP

Center Director for CCTR, Research Director for Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Nodal Principal Investigator for PCARN-SPARC

claudia.r.morris@emory.edu

Mary Mungai

Manager, Clinical Trials

mary.mungai@emory.edu

Mary Anne Geryak, M.S.

Program & Research Manager, CCTR and HeRO

mary.anne.riley@emory.edu

Upcoming Events

Mon Sep 81:00PM-2:00PM
CCIV Seminar- Kristy Murray, DVM, PhD
Mon Sep 151:00PM-2:00PM
CCIV Seminar-Dr. Tommy Zhou
Tue Sep 1612:00PM-1:00PM
HeRO Research in Progress Seminar
Mon Sep 221:00PM-2:00PM
CCIV Seminar- Dr. Lisa Marie Cranmer
Wed Sep 2411:00AM-12:00PM
Aflac - EIPC Joint Seminar
Mon Sep 291:00PM-2:00PM
CCIV Seminar-Dr. Preeti Jaggi
Mon Oct 61:00PM-2:00PM
CCIV Seminar- Brian Doehle, PhD
Mon Oct 61:00PM-2:00PM
CCIV Seminar-Dr. Brian Doehle
Tue Oct 1412:00PM-1:00PM
HeRO Research in Progress Seminar
Mon Oct 201:00PM-2:00PM
CCIV Seminar-Dr. Matthew Voigt

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